Free Web NovelChapter 191: Chapter 191: The Xia Family Also Came
From Yun Zijin’s expression, Sheng Yang knew exactly what kind of gossip she was imagining.
He couldn’t be bothered to explain. If he did, people would just say that explaining was a sign of hiding something.
"But Sister Yun, do you have any wine-making recipes? I was the first person to partner with you on a shop. How come they both have ace products, and I have nothing?"
Sheng Yang was truly envious. They were all business partners with Yun Zijin, so why was he the only one left out?
"A wine-making recipe? I don’t recall any. You run a bar, not a winery. A recipe wouldn’t be of much use to you."
The clientele of a bar and the clientele of a winery are completely different.
"If I had a recipe, opening a winery wouldn’t be out of the question."
Sheng Yang had made a bit of money from his bar recently and was feeling quite full of himself.
"I’m telling you, Second Young Master Sheng, you really haven’t thought this through. If Sister Yun had a recipe, wouldn’t she make more money opening her own winery than giving it to you to open one?
My second cousin is currently Sister Yun’s... ahem, ahem. Anyway, it wouldn’t be your turn regardless."
Lu Yunfeng knew that Lu Yunque and Yun Zijin had been getting close recently. He had been about to say that Lu Yunque was Yun Zijin’s boyfriend, but one look from Yun Zijin made him back down. He quickly changed his tune, but the overall meaning was still the same.
"Well, I met Sister Yun even before President Xiao Lu did! If you’re talking about who’s closer to Sister Yun, it’s obviously me!"
Sheng Yang was a bit indignant. In the Dijing social circles, he and Yun Zijin had known each other the longest.
"So what if you met her first? It’s a fact that Sister Yun is closer to my second cousin now."
With Lu Yunque as his backup, Lu Yunfeng could speak with great confidence.
"Alright, alright, stop arguing, both of you. Harmony brings wealth, harmony brings wealth."
Fu Yang acted as the peacemaker. Lu Yunfeng and Sheng Yang had taken to bickering every time they met recently. Even elementary schoolers weren’t as childish as them.
Lu Yunfeng and Sheng Yang gave him face and reluctantly ended this round of their confrontation.
"Zijin, look over there! Isn’t that Xia Jiajiao, the one we saw at the hot pot restaurant last time?"
Qin Sitong had casually turned her head and saw Xia Jiajiao walking into the store.
"What’s she doing here? Yaoyao wouldn’t have invited her, right?"
Many of the people here today had been invited by Su Mengyao. The rest were just casual shoppers who happened to be browsing today.
But Xia Jiajiao and Su Mengyao couldn’t stand each other, and given her complicated history with Yun Zijin, you’d think Xia Jiajiao’s temper would keep her away from the Su Family’s Wanyuan Square.
There was another girl with Xia Jiajiao, but it was the first time Yun Zijin had seen her.
When Sheng Yang and the others heard Xia Jiajiao’s name, they all frowned slightly and subtly glanced at Yun Zijin.
Among all of them, the one who detested Xia Jiajiao the most was undoubtedly Yun Zijin.
After all, having her place usurped for twenty-one years... anyone in that situation would probably have a hard time staying calm.
"It’s useless for her to come. The store is already out of stock."
If there had been any stock left, those socialites wouldn’t have been fighting tooth and nail over a single bottle of Rose Essential Oil just now.
Now, whenever Yun Zijin saw a Xia Family member, she could remain completely unfazed.
"But... I heard the Xia Family is having some cash flow problems recently. How is she still in the mood to go out shopping?"
Lu Yunfeng and his group wouldn’t pay too much attention to a minor wealthy family like the Xias, but Wu Zicheng’s Wu Family had been keeping a close eye on them for a while.
The moment the Xia Family declared bankruptcy, the waiting pack of wolves would swarm in and carve up everything.
Hearing Wu Zicheng’s words, Yun Zijin’s interest was piqued.
"Oh? Tell me more."
’Xia Zhengguang and Xia Zhiyun aren’t the brightest, but they should still have some business sense. How did they suddenly run into cash flow problems?’
"I heard they acquired a plot of land with an abandoned building project. After winning the bid, they found several companies for a joint venture to develop it.
But a couple of days ago, I overheard my dad on the phone in his study. He said that the joint venture partners the Xia Family found have all pulled their funding.
The Xia Family has sunk over a billion yuan into that land’s development, bit by bit. With the partners pulling out, the Xia Family can’t swallow the whole project themselves. Now they’ve choked on it and are desperately looking for new investors!"
They bit off more than they could chew, not considering their own capabilities when they bought the land. This was all on them.
"Where’s the land?"
If it was a suitable opportunity, Yun Zijin wouldn’t mind taking it over.
But how much she would pay was not something the Xia Family would get to decide.
"That plot is way out near the Dijing border. It’s a tough project. Sister Yun, don’t do anything rash."
Even though it was a huge plot of land, you couldn’t get past the fact that it was in the suburbs of the suburbs.
Wu Zicheng advised Yun Zijin with great sincerity.
"I’ll just take a look. It’s not like I have to buy it."
Yun Zijin had no intention of letting the Xia Family get a good deal. If she were to buy it, she would absolutely push the price down to the bare minimum.
"The land is in the South Suburb. It’s a huge area, but very remote. The Xia Family bought it with the intention of building a community of single-family villas, but they didn’t expect their partners to pull out midway."
"Bigger than Xingyu Mansion’s plot?"
Xingyu Mansion was a community of single-family villas, but at least it was inside the Fifth Ring Road. It wasn’t close to anything, but not absurdly far either.
If this place was almost at the Dijing border, Yun Zijin was truly at a loss for words.
Given the choice, she would rather buy a smaller house than a villa in such a remote location.
’I don’t know what that Xia father-son duo was thinking.’
"What if I bought it, but didn’t develop it into a housing complex? Could I use it for something else?"
As for the houses the Xia Family had already started building, she could just demolish them and start over.
"As long as you’re not building a house for yourself to live in, there shouldn’t be any problem."
"Ah, I was actually thinking that if it was possible, I’d buy it and build myself a manor."
If she couldn’t build a house to live in, Yun Zijin lost interest.
In a city like Dijing, where every inch of land is worth a fortune, very few people owned manors.
Wu Zicheng was at a loss for words.
"Well... it might not be impossible, but the paperwork would probably be a huge hassle."
There were plenty of rich people in Dijing, and it wasn’t unheard of for them to own manors. This proved that if you had the right connections, buying land to build a manor wasn’t entirely impossible.
"I’ll keep it in mind for now. I’ll have someone look into it and decide later."
Not long after entering the store, Xia Jiajiao spotted Yun Zijin sitting in the lounge area.
Of course, she didn’t fail to notice Lu Yunfeng and the others sitting with Yun Zijin.
Her expression turned to one of pleasant surprise, especially when she saw Lu Yunfeng.
She had a crush on Lu Yunque, so of course she knew Lu Yunfeng was his cousin.
So, even though she disliked Yun Zijin, Xia Jiajiao still walked over in their direction.
"Little Brother Yunfeng, I didn’t expect to run into you here. Your big sister..."
Xia Jiajiao greeted Lu Yunfeng first, and then, as if she had just now noticed Yun Zijin, she gave a meek call of "Sister."
"Miss Xia, my parents only had me. I don’t have a younger sister, so please don’t go around calling people by whatever titles you please. If my mom heard, she’d think I was out claiming random girls as her daughters, and she’d break my legs."
